The Latest Breaking News from the Canal and River Trust

UK hit with heavy rain and thunderstorms as Met Office warns of flash flooding

Some areas in the country had the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time” this week

The Independent UK · Aug 20

Thunderstorm warnings issued across country amid ‘first meaningful rain’

The application comes as areas in the country were predicted to have the ‘first meaningful rain for a long time’ this week.

Evening Standard · Aug 19

Britain's canals were built for industry, but they are now helping endangered wildlife survive

Britain's canal network was never designed with nature in mind. Built more than two centuries ago to move coal, clay and cotton across an industrialising country, these engineered waterways were about as far from a natural habitat as a landscape could get. Yet today, nearly 8,000 kilometres of canals crisscrossing…

The Times of India · Jul 22

'Secret river' and tonnes of rubbish uncovered as Brent Reservoir drained in £2m project

A massive mirror carp was also discovered when 10,000 fish were rescued

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2024

Warning over more fish deaths as temperatures set to spike after thousands die in Salford Quays

Thousands of dead fish were spotted in and around Salford Quays

Manchester Evening News · Jul 4, 2023

The town saved from disaster and the £15m project designed to stop 1 in 10,000 year event happening again

In 2019 a major incident was declared and 1,500 people were evacuated when cracks started to appear in the dam wall of Toddbrook reservoir in Whaley Bridge

Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2023